Publications
Our staff write books on a wide variety of aviation- and space-related topics, including our exhibitions; the collection; the history of science and technology; and planetary science.
Curators also edit other titles, from the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series to children's books on flight. In addition, Museum curators edit book series with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Centennial of Flight series), Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science Technology), Texas A&M University Press (Centennial of Flight series), and the University of Missouri Press (Sports and American Culture).
You can explore more peer-reviewed articles, stories, and more with Smithsonian Research Online.
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Spaceflight: A Concise History
Curator Michael J. Neufeld provides a concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today.
The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space
To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its 25 years of accomplishments, let The Hubble Cosmos fill your mind with big ideas, brilliant imagery, and a new understanding of the universe in which we live. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble story, from launch through major new instrumentation to the promise of discoveries to come. With more than 170 photographs including Hubble All-Stars—the most famous of all the noteworthy images—The Hubble Cosmos shows how this telescope is revolutionizing our understanding of the universe.
Hubble's Legacy: Reflections by Those Who Dreamed It, Built It, and Observed the Universe with It
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery
A children's book worked on by members of the National Air and Space Museum staff.
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
From 2008-2009 John M. Logsdon held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum.
The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics
With contributions by Paul A. Hanle, Robert H. Kargon, and Joseph N. Tatarewicz.
Winner of the Watson Davis Prize, History of Science Society, 1990.
Planetary Tectonics
Cambridge Planetary Science series, No. 11
Looking at Earth
Looking At Earth was produced as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Columbus Quincentenary program. The book is based on some of the research conducted for the highly successful "Looking At Earth" exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Hubble: Imaging Space and Time
Celebrating the most successful space telescope ever built—and unveiling some of the most provocative views of the universe ever published—this full-color masterwork stands alone in displaying 200 spectacular images shot by the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of its final, critical servicing mission.
Earth from Space
A publication by a staff member of the National Air and Space Museum.